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STAGES: connecting science to policy to support MSFD implementation

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Lack of knowledge that may hinder full implementation of the MSFD and the achievement of GES in EU waters.

Need to develop additional scientific understanding for assessing GES in a coherent and holistic manner

Relevant MSFD research results should be synthesized and passed to policy makers

STAGES (7FP ENV 2012)

Science and Technology Advancing

Governance and GES

Improve the current

scientific knowledge base and

connect science to policy to help

achieve GES in marine waters and

support MSFD implementation

Objectives and partnership

Identify, extract and synthesize the knowledge generated through EU and national research-funded activities relating to the MSFD, and make this information widely accessible to policy-makers and MSFD stakeholders.

Establish where further research needs to be conducted to improve the scientific knowledge underpinning implementation of the MSFD.

Provide pragmatic and ready-to-use recommendations to establish an effective European science-policy platform to support GES achievement and implementation of the MSFD

September 2012

August 2014

Budget: 999.692 Euros

Working Plan

Organized by categories

Facilitate approach to relevant MSFD stakeholders

Draw a first picture of a potential membership for a science/policy MSFD Platform.

27 coastal countries

>400 organizations

> 540 experts

WP1: Inventory of MSFD stakeholders

WP2: Identify, extract, analyze and synthesize the knowledge generated in EU and national research funded activities and make it available for policy makers and MSFD stakeholders

Comprehensive knowledge collection from EU and national public research projects

More than 1500 EU projects and 1200 national projects surveyed

Analysis and classification of the information per MSFD major themes

WP3: Knowledge gap assessment and foresight

Identify the needs for further research to improve the scientific underpinning for the implementation of the MSFD